How Artificial Intelligence works

This bundle includes a complete set of PDF resources for teaching students how Artificial Intelligence works, with a focus on face data, face detection, machine learning, image classification, and Scratch face sensing.

Students explore how AI uses data to detect faces, respond to facial features, and support tools such as phone security, photo tagging, smart attendance systems, face filters, and interactive games. They also consider the limitations of AI by investigating privacy, fairness, accuracy, bias, false positives, false negatives, and the ways AI systems can make mistakes.

Included in this bundle:

10 detailed lesson plans with starter and plenary activities
73 teaching slides
Unplugged activities including sorting tasks, system design, class presentations, ethical discussions, and group problem-solving
Digital activities involving AI tools, Machine Learning for Kids, Scratch face sensing blocks, and AI-inspired game controls
Student worksheets and activity resources
Opportunities for discussion, design, testing, evaluation, and reflection

The unit introduces students to key AI and computing concepts, including:

artificial intelligence in everyday life
human vs AI decision-making
face detection vs face recognition
face data and privacy
machine learning models
training data and testing data
image classification
pattern recognition
AI bias, fairness, and mistakes
Scratch programming with face sensing
variables, loops, clones, events, and game controls

The resources were written to align with Grade 3–5 AI priorities for K–12 curriculum and are suitable for Year 6–8 students who are new to learning how AI works. They can be used as a full AI unit, a digital technologies/computing project, a Scratch programming extension, or a cross-curricular technology and ethics unit.

This resource supports AI literacy, machine learning, classification, training data, testing data, data labels, image recognition, computational thinking, digital technologies, programming, and responsible technology use.

Included file type: PDF

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